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Vaisnava Contribution to Varanasi

by: Ramesh Chandra Sharma , Pranati Ghosal

Varanasi, the abode of Lord Shiva has also embraced other sects including Vaisnavism. If Shiva is Nataraja or Natesha, Krishna is known as Natavara dancing with gopis. There are traditions which reveal that Kashi was once a Vaishnava stronghold. The book projects the Vaishnava contribution to Varanasi in literature, sculptural and other artistic renderings, visual and performing arts, temples, festivals and ceremonies.

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ISBN: 9788124603420
Year Of Publication: 2006
Edition: 1st
Pages : x, 166
Bibliographic Details : 15 b/w photos; Index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23 cm.
Weight: 475

Overview

Varanasi, the abode of Lord Shiva has also embraced other sects including Vaisnavism. If Shiva is Nataraja or Natesha, Krishna is known as Natavara dancing with gopis. There are traditions which reveal that Kashi was once a Vaishnava stronghold. In the medieval period many Vaishnava saints from different quarters thronged to Varanasi to preach and popularise their faith. The book projects the Vaishnava contribution to Varanasi in literature, sculptural and other artistic renderings, visual and performing arts, temples, festivals and ceremonies.

Contents

Preface
List of Illustrations
Transliteration Chart
1.Vaishnava Contribution to Kashi: An Introduction
— Vidyanivasa Misra
2.Vaishnava Contribution to Radiance of Kashi
— Goswami Shyam Manohar Ji Maharaj
3.Splendour of Kashi in Mahabharata
— Pranati Ghosal
4.The Mediaeval Vaishnava Bhakti Movement and Kashi
— Vasudeva Singh
5.Vaishnava Image of Kashi
— Yugeshvara
6.Vaishnava Ideology of Kabira
— Shyam Sundara Shukla
7.Vaishnava Adoration
— Acharya Ganga Sharana Shastri
8.Kashi: The Abode of Lilas
— Bhanu Shankara Mehta
9.Pushñimargiya Vaishnava Tradition in Kashi
— Brajratnadasa Gupta
10.Contribution of Vaishnava Saints of Maharashtra to Kashi
— Nilkanth Purushottam Joshi
11.Vaishnava Haveli Music
— Pradip Kumar Dikshit “Neharang”
12.Vaishnava Texture of Kashi: An Antiquarian Perspective
— R.C. Sharma
13.Vishnu in the art of Kashi
— Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari
— Pramod Giri
14.Vaishnava Images of Kashi
— Kamal Giri
15.A Copy of “Bhagavata Bhakha” Illustrated in Kashi
— Rai Ananda Krishna
Our Contributors
Index

Meet the Author
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1936
Dr. R.C. Sharma, educated and trained at Varanasi, Calcutta, and Paris, is the Director General of the National Museum and Vice-Chairman/Vice-Chancellor of the National Museum Institute, New Delhi. He is also the Chairman of the Vrindaban Research Institute and President, Museums Association of India, an apex professional body in India. He has been the Curator, Government Museum, Mathura; Director, State Museum, Lucknow; and Director, Indian Museum, Calcutta; He has also been associated with a number of central and state organisations and universities in different capacities. Dr. Sharma, the author of several books, catalogues and albums, made enormous contribution in the field of Indian history, art, culture, archaeology, inscriptions, paintings & literature and has also edited research journals on these subjects. He is the research guide and examiner of doctoral dissertations of different universities. Dr. Sharma has organised and participated in numerous national and international seminars, delivered prestigious memorial lectures and has travelled to different parts of the world in connection with conferences, cultural delegations, lectures and mounting of important exhibitions.
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1956
Dr. Pranati Ghosal (1956- ) is a promising scholar in the field of Sanskrit, and in Vedic Studies in particular, and is presently working with the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Varanasi. She is the co-editor of the Annual Bulletin and Proceedings of a number of seminars organised at Jnana-Pravaha. She has co-edited the recently published volume on Buddhism and Gandhara Art, Interaction Between Brahmanical and Buddhist Art, and Sakta Contribution to Varanasi. Dr. Ghosal has authored Jada-Bharata’s Prasnavali: A Text on Advaita Vedanta, and several research papers which have been highly rated for their academic value and have appeared in reputed journals and bulletins.